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...Mascali ’08, the co-director of Harvard Students for Choice, lauded the move by UHS. “I’m very proud that Harvard is taking steps to ensure the reproductive health and sexual health of its students,” he said. Although FDA regulations prevent pharmacies from giving Plan B to anybody under 18 without a prescription, some pharmacists in Massachusetts are allowed to prescribe the medication to minors. Currently, none of the pharmacists at UHS are authorized to do so, but Gharib said this is a goal UHS is working towards...
...Sources: FDA (2); Washington Post (3); Reuters...
...Increase in the risk of suicidal thoughts in people 25 or under who start taking antidepressants, according to a new FDA report...
After years of back-and-forthdeliberations, the FDA finally approved over-the-counter sales of Plan B, a contraceptive that can be taken after sex to prevent a fertilized egg from implanting in the uterus. The drug has been available by prescription since 1999. In a 2003 ruling, the agency refused to change the drug's status, over the objections of its own scientific advisory committee. That ruling angered pro-choice groups. The reversal predictably infuriated right-to-lifers, but those who favor reproductive rights weren't thrilled either: the FDA allowed over-the-counter sales only to women...
First, the bad news. After dropping over the past eight years, rates of smoking in the U.S. leveled off in 2005 at 1 in 5 adults, according to the CDC. The good news is that the FDA has approved a new drug--only the second to get its O.K.--to help smokers quit. This one, Chantix, was designed specifically to address nicotine cravings that make the habit so hard to break. Chantix mimics the active ingredient in nicotine and can fool the brain into thinking it has had its nicotine fix--without nicotine's addictive qualities or all the damage...